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An improvement of the endocrine diagnosis by high-performance liquid chromatography
1C. I. Parhon Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania.
Abstract:
The assessment of catecholamines (NE, E), essential metabolites (VMA, HVA) and serotonergic metabolite 5HIIA in urine by HPLC with UV detection is of interest for clinical diagnosis concerning HTA, pheochromocytoma, neuroblastoma, carcinoid syndrome, hypotension, etc. In the same urine sample one can detect (following preliminary steps) by HPLC the above--mentioned biochemical parameters with good reproducibility and sensitivity.